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"Thank you Uncle!" I said, walking up to him. Surprisingly I was at least three inches taller then he was, which was a very fun thing to tease him about
"You think you are going to get away that easy don't you?" he said, a sly grin forming on his face "Did you forget that the royals wanted to see you?"
No I had not forgotten the royals wished to see me, and I had hoped that Uncle would have been the one to forget. I needed time to rehearse what I was going to say! If I would say the wrong words to them, or at the incorrect time, they would have my head sliced off. I was way to young to die!
"Go into your room and clean up, there are plenty of dresses in the closet." my uncle said, smiling that knowing smile of his.
Cursing under my breath, I opened the white door Uncle had shown me, and stepped inside. What I found in that room was breathtaking, a huge bed with a golden headboard, and wine red sheets. The ceiling was alive with painted maidens, dragons, knights, and angels.I walked over to the oval stained glass window, and was surprised to see every color light fall upon my face as the sun shined through it. Extremely happy, I touched the window, and watched as my hand turned the color of the sky, when the light shined through the blue of the window.I forgot momentarily why I had to get ready, but that was only for a second. Picking up the comb that lay on the vanity headboard in the room, I went through the tangled mess, that was my hair. It took awhile, but finally I had my hair sleek and shiny. As I lay the comb back down, there was a light tap on the door.
"Are you ready yet!" Uncle wined, his voice muffled from the doors frame.
"No, I am almost done!" I shouted back, running over to were I guessed was the closet. I knew I hit the jackpot, after opening the wooden closet door. Dresses of every color, shape, and size were alined against the , what else, stone wall.
Not caring what would match my hair and eyes, I quickly grabbed a green dress, and threw it over my head.
"Ok, I am ready now." I sighed, as I opened the door. Uncle and Tacey, aka Beauty, stood waiting patiently for me.
"Are you coming too Tacey?" I questioned, looking at her shoes, because I could not stand to meet her gaze.
"Yes of course I am, they want to inspect Uncle's new apprentice, don't they?" Beauty said, in a sarcastically dry voice. She had changed into a royal blue dress, that trained the floor after her.
"Come on you two, no time to bicker." Uncle groaned, waving for us to start moving.We looked each other in the eye before starting to walk, and it was me to be the first to look down. As we strode down the hall, there was a tense silence, that always seemed to come when my sister was around. Every so often, Uncle would say something to relieve the tension, but only got a nod in return.
Once again we had to stroll down the stairway of doom, but it was much easier since we were going down. Soon enough we reached the bottom, and Uncle took the lead, down a wide and brightly lit hall. Guard stood on either side of the huge corridor, no part of them moving, except there eyes. I wrung my hands together, having all those people watch you could make you very self conscieus.
At the end of the hall there was a humongous door, with figures engraved into its wood structure.
"Ahh, here we are!" Uncle announced in an overly cheerful voice. He then added under his breath "You girls be on your best behavior, no speaking without being spoken too, no making any contact with the royals, and absolutely no snorting!"
Beauty nodded, ready for the challenge of pleasing the King and Queen, but I sure wasn't. I had never been in a court, all my life I roamed outside, climbing trees, and practically living in the wilderness. Being ladyish just was not my forte.
"Good luck to you!" Uncle said, opening the door and gesturing for us to step inside. As we did he quickly backed out of the room, leaving me alone with my sister.
"What do we do now!?" I squeaked, really really nervous .
"Oh be quiet, you will do fine!" she snorted, doing one of her famous eye rolls
"You really think so?" I asked, I know I was sounding like a five year old, but I didn't care
"No, I was just saying that to make you think your going to be fine!" she said, sarcasm dripping from her.
Reassured by my sisters sarcasm, I smiled looking straight forward. The room we had entered had round window all around the room, making it very bright. Three golden chairs sat at the front, awaiting someone to occupy them no doubt. As I started to go ahead to explore, my sister stopped me
"We have to wait here, this is the King,Queen, and Prince's private thrown room, and they would not like you roaming around in here!" she hissed in my ear, amber eyes scanning the room to see if anyone had entered.
Thanks Tacey!" I breathed in, what a dolt I could be, and my sister had saved me from a beheading!
I had an impulse to hug her, but was stopped when I heard a voice from in front of me.
"So are you two Tacey and Wilona?" a slender woman sang, as she took long strides in our direction. Long blonde hair, blue eyes, she must be the Queen!
"Yes we are your majesty!" Beauty said, sweeping the Queen her best curtesy. I stood there in horror not knowing what to do, until my sisters heel digging into my toe brought me back to my senses. I curtsied as best as humanly possible for me, and that means pretty badly.
The Queen payed no mind "Oh this is wonderful, I will go get my husband and son!" she shouted, practically jumping for joy. Why was that woman so happy to see us? I had no time to think of any possible reasons, for the Queen came back in, the King and Prince on her tail.
"Wonderful to finally meet you two again!" the King boomed, shaking my hand, as my sisters. Oh no, I had touched the King, one of the things Uncle advised not to!My sister started to curtesy, but the King held up his hand.
"No need for that, we do not have time for such rubbish!" he chuckled "Anyways, welcome, my name is Kemp, this is my wife Kimberlie, and last but not least, my son Daren!" he said, pointing to each royal person in turn.
Kemp took a deep breath, pushing his black hair from his green eyes. " Now you are wondering why I have brought you here, do you not?"
"Yes, we do!" I whispered quickly, wanting to know.
"Well, then please sit on those chairs over there!" Kimberlie bubbled, looking like she was going to burst from happiness.
My sister and I made our way to the chairs, and sat down. They were wooden and hard, and I nearly snorted, when the King Queen, and Prince sat on their nice huge, comfy cushions!
"Well, now can you tell us why you have brought us here!" Beauty asked, almost an impatient tone in her voice.
"Yes, yes, we have brought you here because we knew your mother, or at least I did!" Kimberlie began "We were good friends, but we lost contact of each other, when we married our husbands, and went seperate ways!"
"How did you know our mother?" my sister sighed, tears threatening to spill out of her eyes. Our mom had died five years back, since I was ten, and Beauty fifteen. Since then Beauty raised me on her own, and we were very touchy on the subject of Mothers untimely death. We never knew our Father.
"Well, we met in the market one day, and we were no older than your age Wilona!" the queen gushed, her eyes twinkling from the memory"If it was not for your mother, I would not be here to see you guys!"
"Mother, you have told this story precisely, fifty five times, in the last two months!" the Prince groaned, throwing his hands over his head. He had black hair like his father, and blue eyes, that were hidden behind small spectacles.
Kimberlie gave him a disapproving look, but sighed in defeat
She then grew sad, and said "Anyways, I promised I would take care of you guys if anything were to happen to her, and only found out about were she was a week ago." the queen was looking at her gold slippers, as she wrung her hands in distress.
"Is that the only reason you brought us here!" Beauty snorted, putting her hand on her hips.
"No, there is something else we promised your mother, but we will discuss that later, for I am sure you are hungry!" Kimberlie breathed, once again her bubbly self.
My stomach made a low rumbling at the word food, and I nodded my head in agreement.
"Good then, now follow us." Kemp beamed, taking long strides to the door.
I quickly followed after, I was really hungry, and I needed time to think of all that went on in this talk.
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